Advances in the treatment of cervical rheumatoid: Less surgery and less morbidity

Figure 1 Sagittal computed tomography of the cervical spine of an 82-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis and neck pain with cranial settling.

Figure 2 Lateral X-ray (left) and sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (right) of a 52-year-old with atlantoaxial subluxation. Left: Lateral X-ray; Right: Sagittal Magnetic resonance imaging. The anterior atlantodental interval is shown (red line).

Figure 3 Resolving rheumatoid pannus after occipital cervical (top) and C1-2 fusion (bottom). Left: Preoperative magnetic resonance imagings; Middle: Postoperative lateral X-ray; Right: Postoperative magnetic resonance imagings.

Figure 4 Preoperative traction and surgical approach to cervical rheumatoid.

Figure 5 Lateral X-ray images of the spine before (A) and after (B) surgical intervention. The anterior atlantodental interval is shown (red line).